Painting the Town Red

Welcome back to Dead Broke, Colorado. Where the latest discovery-a giant boulder of zinc-ignites a kill-crazy war that rocks the Rockies to their core . . . Ever since the silver market crashed, the mining town of Dead Broke has been awfully quiet. The local marshal-legendary gunman Duncan "Mick" MacMicking-doesn't have much to do besides outshoot the occasional greenhorn looking to challenge him. But all this peace and quiet is about to end. Mayor Nugget has unearthed a mineral to rival his famous "Hope Diamond of Silver." He calls it the "Zinc of Zion," a 1,776-pound boulder of pure zinc carbonate. And when he announces his discovery at the World's Fair in Chicago, the quiet little boomtown of Dead Broke goes boom-again-with a vengeance . . . First, a mining expert from Germany shows up-with his eyes on the prize. Then, a reporter from Baltimore arrives-and ends up dead in one of the mines. It doesn't take long for the town marshal and mayor to realize they've got a full-blown zinc war on their hands. Fueled by greed-and backed by gunpower-the German's business proposition turns into a very hostile takeover. And then the German himself turns out to be a notorious outlaw with a long history of stealing whatever-and killing whoever-he wants. There's just one thing stopping him from painting the whole town red: a gunfighting legend who happens to be the town marshal they call Mick . . .